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WICHITA — A lawsuit says a Wichita cab driver convicted of raping a passenger should have been denied a taxi license because he was on a state sex offender registry when he applied.

The Wichita Eagle reports (http://bit.ly/1n7shiJ) Bryon Scott Spohn was sentenced to 48 years in 2013 for raping a passenger.

He had applied for a taxi driver’s license in late 2012 when he was on a state sex offender registry for possession of child pornography. A city ordinance that went into effect in July 2012 says a taxi driver’s license shall not be issued to anyone who has been registered as a sexual offender.

City officials say the change banning registered sex offenders was new when Spohn applied and hadn’t been communicated to staff. The city says it’s fixed that problem.

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Wichita city officials should have changed it July 20012. The city should settle this lawsuit quickly as they are responsible for their incompetence that caused physical and emotional damage to a vulnerable and trusting female.